Heavyweight Athletes

So guess what? Turns out I'm not the biggest person who's done a triathlon. Flipping through triathlon blogs I found posts flush with people 200+ even 250+ lbs. In fact a 400 pound national title sumo wrestler recently finished the Los Angeles Marathon with a time of 11:52:11. Tell me that's not awesome. His next goal is to swim the English Channel! I'm not saying that being overweight is a good thing but I am saying that even if you don't fit into the cookie cutter 165 lb, 6'1" man you can still be fit. Some of us can only work with what we were born with.

*Please note experts consider a height to weight chart to be grossly inaccurate and it is used here only for farcical purposes.

Hey at least I'm not "Extremely Overweight."


This week wasn't the best week ever. I'm finding it difficult to work towards playing frisbee in the upcoming Utah Summer Games and train for a triathlon. That being said here's the report for this week:

 What do you see? I see little training and lots of frisbee. Not a bad thing unless you plan on doing a triathlon...which I do. I need to figure something out.

Alright I've figured something out. I will run, swim and bike on Monday, Wednesday and Friday respectively. Also if I have to work on Saturday mornings (which happens often) I will pick the event that I did the worst at that week and do it again. This might not be the best plan in the world but it's simple and I like it.

Let the Games Begin

Some time ago, possibly a couple months, I got it in my head I was going to complete a triathlon. I thought "If now, when?" I've always wanted to run a marathon but for my body type I think a triathlon is a more plausible goal.

So I've done some training so far. I knew I could run and bike but swimming definitely didn't come naturally to me. I can comfortably bike about 10 miles and can comfortably run about five steps. My body never wants to run but during an average workout I can do about 2-3 miles. But swimming is a bit of a demon. How are you supposed to breathe with your face in the water?!? My wife is an outstanding swimmer. I employed her help in swim training with me and this week I'm proud to announce that I swam my first 750 yds straight (without stopping to catch my breath). This is the length of the swim portion of my triathlon! I felt accomplished but after doing some research in what's involved in a triathlon today I realized I have a LOT more work to do before I'm prepared.

Since I don't know what the typical layout of each post will be or how often they will be (once a week maybe?) I'll just wing it with this one.

Current weight:

• 246 lbs

Good things I did last week:

• Swam 750 yds straight

          Ok I didn't really workout much else. I need to come up with a plan/schedule.

Future goals / things to work on this week:

• Run a 5k